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Toplines - 2010 New Hampshire Governor - May 26, 2010

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New
Hampshire

Survey of 500 Likely
Voters

May 26, 2010

1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama
has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve,
somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

31%
Strongly approve

14%
Somewhat approve

9% Somewhat
disapprove

45%
Strongly disapprove

0% Not sure

2* How would you rate the job John Lynch has
been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat
disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

20%
Strongly approve

31%
Somewhat approve

27%
Somewhat disapprove

20%
Strongly disapprove

1% Not sure

3*
2010 New Hampshire Governor’s Race

May 26, 2010

March 8, 2010

January 12, 2010

Jack
Kimball (R)

31%

32%

32%

John
Lynch (D)

50%

51%

51%

Some
other candidate

6%

3%

4%

Not
sure

13%

13%

12%

May 26, 2010

March 8, 2010

January 12, 2010

Karen
Testerman (R)

32%

28%

30%

John
Lynch (D)

51%

54%

53%

Some
other candidate

6%

5%

5%

Not
sure

11%

14%

12%

May 26, 2010

March 8, 2010

John
Stephen (R)

35%

35%

John
Lynch (D)

47%

50%

Some
other candidate

4%

2%

Not
sure

14%

14%

4*
I’m going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let
me know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable,
or very unfavorable impression.

Candidate
for the NH Governor’s Race

Very
Favorable

Somewhat
Favorable

Somewhat
Unfavorable

Very
Unfavorable

Not
sure

Lynch

25%

28%

24%

19%

4%

Testerman

5%

26%

14%

8%

47%

Kimball

3%

28%

14%

7%

49%

Stephen

10%

26%

17%

8%

39%

5*
A proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going
into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly
oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

45% Strongly favor

6% Somewhat favor

10% Somewhat oppose

34% Strongly oppose

4% Not
sure

6*
How closely have you followed news stories about the new immigration law in
Arizona?

57% Very closely
30% Somewhat closely
10% Not very closely3% Not at all1% Not sure

7*
Suppose the new Arizona immigration law was being
considered for your state. Would you favor or oppose passage of that law in
your state?

58% Favor

29% Oppose
14% Not sure

8*
Suppose a police officer stops someone for a
traffic violation or a violation of some other law. If the police officer
suspects that the person they stopped might be an illegal immigrant, should the
officer be required to check their immigration status?

68%
Yes
22% No
10% Not sure

9*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Elena Kagan?

12% Very favorable

15% Somewhat
favorable

17% Somewhat
unfavorable

16% Very unfavorable

39% Not sure

10*
The U.S. Senate has the constitutional authority to confirm all Supreme Court
nominees. Based upon what you know at this time, should the U.S. Senate confirm
Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice?

41% Yes

33% No

26% Not sure

11* How confident are you that Congress knows
what it's doing when it comes to addressing the country’s current economic
problems?

3% Very confident
16% Somewhat confident
32% Not very confident
46% Not at all confident2% Not sure

12* How confident are you that your
representatives in Congress are actually representing your best interests?

9% Very
confident
19% Somewhat confident
31% Not very confident
38% Not at all confident3% Not sure

13* Would a group of people selected at
random from the phone book do a better job addressing the nation’s problems
than the current Congress?